Synonyms of presage

presage 1 of 2

noun

1

as in feel

a feeling that something bad will happen

I had a nagging presage that the results of my medical tests would not be good

Synonyms & Similar Words

• feel
• premonition
• fear
• worry
• presentiment
• suspicion
• foreboding
• anticipation
• prognostication
• portent
• anxiety
• omen
• sign
• insight
• intuition
• foreknowledge
• concern
• doubt
• impression
• apprehension
• perturbation
• augury
• unease
• agitation
• nervousness
• dread
• uneasiness
• apprehensiveness
• alarm
• foresight
• alarum
• prescience
• disquiet
• anxiousness
• care
• misgiving

2

as in forerunner

something believed to be a sign or warning of a future event

the sight of the first robin is always a welcome presage of spring

Synonyms & Similar Words

• forerunner
• precursor
• portent
• omen
• hint
• herald
• prediction
• foreshadowing
• suggestion
• augury
• foreboding
• harbinger
• prefiguring
• boding
• prophecy
• straw in the wind
• foretaste
• auspice
• badge
• inkling
• intimation
• forecast
• forewarning
• prophesy
• foretelling
• prognostication
• mark
• token
• divination
• note

presage

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verb

as in to predict

to tell of or describe beforehand

people used to believe that a comet presaged a major event, such as the death of a king

Synonyms & Similar Words

• predict
• read
• foretell
• anticipate
• augur
• warn
• forecast
• prognosticate
• announce
• prophesy
• call
• portend
• foresee
• promise
• bode
• vaticinate
• forewarn
• alert
• forebode
• caution
• herald
• divine
• forbode
• declare
• proclaim
• foreknow

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• describe
• tell
• relate
• report
• recount
• narrate
• recite

• describe
• tell
• relate
• report
• recount
• narrate
• recite

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